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The federal government has rolled out new guidelines for health workers who have had contact with Ebola patients, and they stop short of the mandatory quarantines introduced in several states. Instead, the CDC guidelines released to state health departments recommend that people at risk isolate themselves voluntarily for 21 days, reports the Wall Street Journal. They will be monitored by health workers, banned from flying, and told to avoid public transport and "congregate settings" like offices, says CDC chief Tom Frieden, who stresses the need to avoid discouraging health workers from dealing with the West Africa outbreak.

"If we do things that make it very difficult for people to come back, if we turn them into pariahs instead of recognizing the heroic work that they're doing, a couple of things may happen that none of us want to happen," Frieden says. But the Pentagon appears to have set a different policy for its personnel, reports CNN. While the military isn't using the term "quarantine," officials say Maj. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, the commander of US Army Africa, and around 10 other personnel are now in "controlled monitoring" for a 21-day period at an "access controlled" location at a base in Italy after returning from West Africa.

Obviously, she's not a good nurse, otherwise she would understand how some disease processes work. You can have a viral infection but not show signs for days, weeks, months.... She came back from Africa with a low grade fever, end of story, all politics aside. I saw an interview with her, and she goes on and on, chastising to look at scientific facts, but when she was asked about her fever at the airport, she waived the idea off, citing that the thermometer was faulty. Convoluted thinking there

Luke101

Oct 28, 2014 8:52 PM CDT

In the news...this nurse works for the CDC and a big democratic supporter of obama. All staged and acted out...pretty much like everything that's happened. A nation of scared citizens are easy to manipulate and control. Whatever it takes to make the Boy King look good.

sunniladi

Oct 28, 2014 1:18 PM CDT

"CDC's New Ebola Policy: No Forced Quarantine," should be.. "CDC's New Ebola Policy: Planting their collective heads firmly in the sand." amazing that the military is more intelligent than the CDC. then again, why am I surprised? I don't care WHAT they call it. keep these people away from the unprotected masses for 21 days. to do any less is both irresponsible and fool-hardy. we CANNOT trust people to self-quarantine. it has already been PROVEN ineffective.